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NILLIAM M. KRUSE, OF HARTFORD, DAKOTA TERRITORY.

BAG-HOLDER.

SPECIPIQATICN forming part of Letters Patent No. 339,665, dated April 13, 1886.

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To call whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM M. KRUSE, a citizen of the United States, residingat Hartford, in the county of Minnehaha and Territory of Dakota, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Bag-Holders, of which the following is a specification, rcferenceheing had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to an improvement in bag-holders; and it consists in the peculiar construction and combination of devices that will he more fully set forth hereinafter, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view on the line m as of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detailed sectional view at right angles to Fig. 2 on the line 3, 3

A represents the base or support, which consists of the bottom a and the side railings, b. Transverse bars 0 extend across the center of the bottom, parallel to each other and at a suitable distance apart, and in vertical line with said bars are the transverse bars d, which extend across the upper sides of the side railings.

In between the bars 0 and (1 fits a vertical standard, 13, the lower end of which has a series of openings, e, that extend vertically. A bolt, 0, passes through openings in the bars 0 and through either of the openings 6, to so cure the lower end of the standard and perunit the latter to be adjusted vertically, for the purpose to be hereinafter pointed out.

To the upper end of the standard is secured a rectangular hopper, D, having inclined sides that converge at their lower ends. The upper end of the standard, which extends centrally across the bottom of the hopper, is beveled on each side, as at b, and openings (1 are made in the bottom of the hopper, one on each side of the upper end of. the standard. These openings communicate with diverging depending spouts E, on the ends of which are hinged keepers e, that have inwardly-extending sharpened points 6 that enter openings made in the ends of the spouts to receive them.

In the upper ends of the spouts are cutoif slides F, that may be moved back and forth to open or cut cit the openings at, the outer ends of the said slides being provided with angle-plates f, that bear against the outer sides of the spouts and direct the slides squarely across the openings d when the slides are moved.

The bags to be filled have their mouths stretched around the lower ends of the spouts, and the keepers e are closed against the ends of the spouts, which causes their points 0' to pass through the material of which the bags are made and suspend the bags from the spouts. The standard B is then raised, according to the length of the bags, until the lower ends of the latter just touch the base A. The grain is then poured into the hopper and is discharged into the bags, as will be very readily understood.

This bag holder and filler is adapted to be used either in connection with a thrashingmachine or in the field, store-house, or barn, and will be found of great utility and convenience.

In order to raise and lower the standard, I pivot or fulcrum a lever, G, to the side railings or other suitable support, as at g, and connect the said lever to the standard, as at g. The standard may be readily raised or lowered by means of this lever.

The side railings serve to support the bars (2, that guide and support the upper end of the standard B, and also serve to prevent the bags from falling over and spilling their contents alter being filled and released from the spouts and before being tied.

Having thus described my invention, I claim-- 1. In a bag-holder, the hopper having the spouts provided with the hinged keepers e, attached to the sides or ends of the spouts, and having the inwardly-projecting sharpened points for passing through the mouth of the bag and entering openings in the spouts when the keepers are closed downwardly against the spouts, substantially as described.

2. In a bag holder and filler, the hopper having the spouts and the slides for closing the openings therein, the said slides having the angle-plates bearing on the outer sides of the spouts, to direct the slides, substantially as described.

3. The combination of the base having the side rails, and the transverse bars 0 and d, with the vertically-movablestandard inserted between and guided and supported by the side rails and the bars cand d, andthehopper having spouts, and the lever G, pivoted to the side rail on one side of the standard and connected [0 to the latter, substantially as described.

In testimony that I elai m the foregoing as my own Ihave hereto affixed my signature in pres enee of two witnesses. I

\NILLIAM M. KRUSE,

\Vitnesses:

F. A. BROSKHOFF, J OHN MUNDT. 

